Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
The plowmen
General references
Bible References
The ground
Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your stronghold, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
and that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt and burning, that it is not sown, nor shall it produce anything, nor shall any grass grow therein, like in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath;
Joel 1:19
O LORD, to thee will I cry for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
The plowmen
Joel 1:11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is lost.
General references
Haggai 1:10
Therefore the rain of the heavens over you is held back, and the earth has held back her fruits.